1997 June

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Saturday, June 21, 1997

Software Controlled Laser Power Meter Interface

Software Controlled Laser Power Meter Interface

Software was developed to provide a computer-controlled interface to a
Universal Radiometer. The Universal Radiometer is a piece of test
equipment used to measure laser power. The device was controlled by a
PC serial port. The software was developed using National Instruments
LabVIEW graphical programming language.

All instrument controls are sent from the screen display through the
PC serial port to the test equipment.

Data from the test equipment is sent via the PC serial port to the
computer and analyzed and displayed on the screen display.

Measured data can be stored to an external file in Microsoft Excel or
other spreadsheet compatible format.